Enrollment
345
Elementary
DISTRICT 463 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALTIMORE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240012000363
Chesapeake Terrace Elementary
2112 Lodge Farm Rd, Baltimore, MD 21219 · (410) 887-7505 · Baltimore County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 37% of Maryland public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
127 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 73% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
43.8%
MD avg 50.6% . -17.9pp since 2023
Math
45.8%
MD avg 34.8% . +10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.8% | 45.8% |
| 2023-24 | 61.7% | 35.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Maryland schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Maryland's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Chesapeake Terrace Elementary
Chesapeake Terrace Elementary's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chesapeake Terrace Elementary this school | 345 | 36.8% | 46.6% |
| Sharpsburg Elementary Sharpsburg | 362 | 40.9% | 65.2% |
| Calvert Elementary Rising Sun | 390 | 38.7% | 61.3% |
| Old Forge Elementary Hagerstown | 354 | 41.5% | 53.0% |
| Chapel District Elementary Cordova | 359 | 40.1% | 59.7% |
| Chesapeake City Elementary Chesapeake City | 385 | 41.6% | 45.8% |
Matched among Maryland elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Chesapeake Terrace Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Baltimore County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #382 of 853 | #42 of 109 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #352 of 853 ▲ 124 | #41 of 109 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #504 of 853 ▼ 283 | #61 of 109 ▼ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #691 of 898 | #92 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #821 of 857 | #99 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.3% | #785 of 857 | #106 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.8% | #651 of 885 | #87 of 110 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.8% | #197 of 294 | #15 of 23 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
345
+72 (+26%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 294
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 345 | 19.7 | 17.5:1 | 37% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 19 | 18.1:1 | 36% (123) |
| 2022-23 | 330 | 17.6 | 18.8:1 | 39% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 273 | 19 | 14.4:1 | 32% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 20.7 | 15.8:1 | 35% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 312 | 19 | 16.4:1 | 42% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 257 | 17 | 15.1:1 | 45% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 267 | 16 | 16.7:1 | 18% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 294 | 15 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chesapeake Terrace Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (326 to 345); teachers down 5% (20.7 to 19.7).
About Chesapeake Terrace Elementary
Chesapeake Terrace Elementary is a small elementary school that serves part of Baltimore, Maryland. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 345 students. Elementary schools in Maryland have about 481 students on average; enrollment here is 28% lower.
Chesapeake Terrace Elementary sits within Baltimore County Public Schools, which has 177 schools and 110,872 students.
Of every 100 students at Chesapeake Terrace Elementary, about 88 are White. The school is also 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 53% White share among all Baltimore County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 21%.
Staffing at Chesapeake Terrace Elementary comes to 19.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 17.5:1. Elementary schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 13.8:1. On the income side, 37% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 53% average for public schools in Baltimore County.
Among Maryland public elementary schools, Chesapeake Terrace Elementary outscored 37%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Chesapeake Terrace Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of Maryland schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.6% and a predicted 52.4%.
American Community Survey estimates for Baltimore County show that median household income comes to about $91,768, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 180, with about 110,872 students.
Chesapeake Terrace Elementary's closest public school neighbor is Sparrows Point Middle, about 1.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Chesapeake Terrace Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 33.5% on proficiency, and Chesapeake Terrace Elementary is above that at 46.6%.
Federal data place Chesapeake Terrace Elementary in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count increased 26% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio increased from 14.4:1 to 17.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Baltimore County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
850,796
Census ACS
Median income
$91,768
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
110,872 students
Quick facts
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Frequently asked questions
About Chesapeake Terrace ElementaryHow large is Chesapeake Terrace Elementary?
Chesapeake Terrace Elementary enrolls approximately 345 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Chesapeake Terrace Elementary serve?
Chesapeake Terrace Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Chesapeake Terrace Elementary have?
Chesapeake Terrace Elementary employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chesapeake Terrace Elementary?
At Chesapeake Terrace Elementary, the student body is approximately 88% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is Chesapeake Terrace Elementary public or private?
Chesapeake Terrace Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Baltimore County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.